PETER BLOCK on OD's role in creating a structure of belonging

Peter Block is the author of several best-selling books including Flawless Consulting: A Guide to GettingYour Expertise Used; Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest and The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work. The books are about ways to create workplaces and communities that work for all. His work is to bring change into the world through consent and connectedness rather than through mandate and force. Peter has received national awards for outstanding contributions in the field of training and development, including the ASTD Award for Distinguished Contributions; the Association or Quality and Participation President's Award; and Training Magazine HRD Hall of Fame.

KIM CAMERON, on fostering positive performance in organizations

Kim Cameron is a Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the University of Michigan and co-founder of a new discipline in the Organizational Sciences called Positive Organizational Scholarship. This includes the scientific study of factors that lead to extraordinary performance and the best of the human condition, and it encompasses a variety of tools and techniques that produce positive performance at work. Kim's work on positive practices in organizations and on organizational culture change is used in thousands of organizations worldwide. His research has been published in more than 100 articles and 11 books.

TAMARA J. ERICKSON, on creating signature experiences for extraordinary engagement

Tamara J. Erickson is an expert on the changing workforce and innovative ways to shift the relationship between individuals and organizations, and, in so doing, powerfully enhance workforce productivity. Tamara and her co-authors are the recipients of the 2004 McKinsey Prize for the award-winning Harvard Business Review article, It's Time to Retire Retirement. She is co-author of the book Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talent, and was a lead contributor to two multi-year research initiatives exploring the implications of current demographic changes on human resource practices. She is President of The Concours Institute, the research and education arm of The Concours Group, a professional services firm supporting senior executives through the blend of leading-edge intellectual capital and pragmatic business results.

GAIL HARRIS,on maintaining focus and the pursuit of excellence in performance

Raised in the ghettoes of Newark, New Jersey, at the age of 5, Gail Harris saw a WWII themed movie called Wing and a Prayer starring Don Ameche. Mesmerized by a scene of the actor briefing Navy pilots, she decided that was what she wanted to do when she grew up. In 1973, she became the first woman in naval history to serve as an Intelligence Officer in a Navy aviation squadron. Her career has included hands-on leadership during every major conflict from the Cold War to El Salvador to Desert Storm to Kosovo. Her leadership skills and work ethic stand out in a non-stop series of career "firsts."

AMY KATES, on trends in Organization Design

Amy Kates is an organization designer and co-author, with Jay Galbraith, of Designing Your Organization. She is also the author of the award winning article (Re)Designing the HR Function. What does today's internal OD professional need to know in order to guide business leaders to good decisions? As much as today's manager would like to run a simple business, complex organizations aren't going away. Customer-centric strategies, the need for innovation and organic growth, and global expansion all result in new business models, ever changing portfolios, and intricate matrix relationships within the organization. As leaders try to leverage size while nimbly responding to changes in customers and competitors, they find themselves calling upon their OD resources to help them make the organization a competitive advantage, rather than an obstacle. Amy will discuss the latest trends in organization design, whether it is better to buy or build organization design capability, and emerging models for the design of the HR function with a focus on options for deploying OD talent and skills.

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